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title: הוֹשַׁעֲיָה — Hoshaiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הוֹשַׁעֲיָה (1955), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Hoshaiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הוֹשַׁעֲיָה

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«הוֹשַׁעֲיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hoshaiah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 1955 · **BDB:** הוֹשַׁעֲיָה

### Glosses

of.Hoshaiah (2); Hoshaiah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hoshaiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1955/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1955/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (Yah has saved)— a prince of Judah Ne 12:32, 𝔊 Ωσαια. father of Azariah or Jezaniah, a chief in time of Jeremiah Je 42:1; 43:2 𝔊 Μαασ(σ)αιος, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הוֹשַׁעֲיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1955/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 12:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.32/)

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וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ אַחֲרֵיהֶם֙ הוֹשַׁ֣עְיָ֔ה וַחֲצִ֖י שָׂרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.went behind them Hoshaiah and.(the) half of.the.leaders of.Judah

*JPS 1917:* and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah;

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[Jeremiah 42:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.42.1/)

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וַֽיִּגְּשׁוּ֙ כָּל־שָׂרֵ֣י הַחֲיָלִ֔ים וְיֽוֹחָנָן֙ בֶּן־קָרֵ֔חַ וִֽיזַנְיָ֖ה בֶּן־הוֹשַֽׁעְיָ֑ה וְכָל־הָעָ֖ם מִקָּטֹ֥ן וְעַד־גָּדֽוֹל׃

*Word for word:* and they.approached all the.commanders of the.armies and Johanan the.son of.Kareah and Jezaniah the.son of.Hoshaiah and all the people from.\[the\] small and unto \[the\].great

*JPS 1917:* Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,

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